Re: OT: secondary dns
On Fri, Jan 11, 2002 at 07:29:51PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> however, this being an extra administrative burden, and me currently in
> the process of moving to another registrar, i started questioning the
> point of the additional two. assume the main server as well as it's mail
> backup (the second server) both go down, then what's the point of being
> able to resolve the zone data? i guess negative TTL, but is there
> another reason? after all, what use is it to me to be able to resolve
> e.g. metrosophia.com to its IP, if the IP and the backup MX are down?
I believe it's the difference between mail bouncing and mail defferring.
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Jacob Elder
http://www.lucidpark.net/
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